In a reversal from the Biden administration’s policy, the Trump administration&#8217;s Department of Justice has stripped the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) — which has been accused of working with Hamas during the October 7, 2023, massacre of more than 1200 people in Israel — of immunity from prosecution. That decision will enable the billion-dollar lawsuit filed by the October 7 victims&#8217; families to move forward.
In a  letter from the United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, to U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres regarding the case Estate of Tamar Kedem Siman Tov et al. v. UNRWA, the text stated:
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The complaint in this case recounts atrocious crimes committed by Hamas on October 7. And its factual allegations, taken as true, detail how the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (&#8220;UNRWA&#8221;) played a significant role in those heinous offenses. Previously, the Government expressed the view that certain immunities shielded UNRWA from having to answer those allegations in American courts. The Government has since reevaluated that position, and now concludes UNRWA is not immune from this litigation. Nor are the bulk of other defendants.
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The lawsuit<a href="https://unwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/001-UNRWAComplaint.pdf"> states</a>:
<blockquote>The atrocities committed by Hamas in the October 7 Attack were not only acts of terror, genocide, and crimes against humanity, they were torts in violation of the law of nations. Because, as detailed below, the Defendants’ actions aiding and abetting those torts in violation of the law of nations, including but not limited to their funding of Hamas, occurred in significant part in the State of New York and in this federal judicial district, this Court has subject matter jurisdiction and venue over Plaintiffs’ claims against these Defendants. Many of the Plaintiffs separately have claims against Defendants for aiding and abetting Hamas’ violations of the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (“TVPA”), which requires no such New York nexus.</blockquote>
“The US administration&#8217;s determination that UNRWA lacks diplomatic immunity could substantially facilitate Israel&#8217;s efforts to end the agency&#8217;s operations within Israeli territory,” Israel Hayom <a href="https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/04/25/trumps-doj-strips-unrwa-of-immunity/">pointed out</a>. “The lawsuit presents evidence alleging UNRWA orchestrated a $1 billion money laundering operation that funded Hamas, while simultaneously reducing humanitarian aid to Gaza residents and playing a critical role in the October 7 attack.”
Documents shared with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/world/middleeast/hamas-unrwa-schools.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> last December impelled the media outlet to admit that senior staff at UNRWA schools doubled as members of Hamas’ military wing.
As shown by the detailed records kept by the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, which were seized by Israel, at least 24 people employed by the anti-Israel UNRWA in their schools were members of Hamas or Islamic Jihad. “A majority were top administrators at the schools — principals or deputy principals — and the rest were school counselors and teachers, the documents say,” The Times reported. “Almost all of the Hamas-linked educators, according to the records, were fighters in the Qassam Brigades.”
“The Constitution does not grant immunity to foreign sovereigns or organizations. Instead, such immunity &#8216;is a matter of grace and comity on the part of the United States,’” the letter continued. “The interactions among two treaties, one statute, and one proposed convention govern whether UNRWA is entitled to such grace here. First, the International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 (‘IOIA’) creates the ‘default rules’ for the immunity enjoyed by international organizations in the United States. Although apparently aimed at many of the same entities that now comprise the United Nations (‘UN’) system, id., the JOIA applies to any ‘public organization in which the United States participates pursuant to any treaty or under the authority of any Act of Congress &#8230; and which shall have been designated by the President through appropriate Executive order as being entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities provided in this subchapter.’&#8221;
“In other words, Congress controls in the first instance whether the United States participates in such ‘public organizations’ and it empowered the President to decide whether to extend immunity to these organizations including ‘at any time to revoke the designation’ entitling the organizations to immunity,” the letter explains.
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The Trump DOJ has reversed the Biden admin&#39;s position and made it clear that UNRWA and its employees are not entitled to immunity for their atrocious terroristic conduct. 
File this under the category of &quot;things that should not have to be said but thank God someone said them.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/iRVSFZdV4v">pic.twitter.com/iRVSFZdV4v</a>
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A twice-deported illegal alien who killed a young couple in a drunk driving accident was set to be let out of a California prison more than six years early.
Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, a Mexican national, was charged with manslaughter and sentenced to ten years in prison after he <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-trump-officials-file-charges-against-illegal-immigrant-after-fox-news-exposes-early-release-plans">killed</a> Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin in a drunk driving accident in Orange County, California, in November 2021.
The young couple was burned alive after Ortega-Anguiano barreled into their vehicle while high, drunk, and driving nearly 100 miles per hour. The family was notified by the state that the illegal alien was set to be released from prison after serving just over one-third of his ten-year sentence.
Anya Varfolomeev’s father <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigrant-convicted-killing-teens-high-speed-crash-released-early">decried</a> the planned early release of the illegal alien. “It&#8217;s disgusting. You have two young, unbelievable future, productive American citizens killed for nothing and that illegal immigrant who already has been deported twice is going to be released again? For what?” Anatoly Varfolomeev said. “If even he is deported, he will come back.”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed an immigration detainer on the illegal alien, and after public backlash, Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s press office has announced that the state will be <a href="https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1915107716688962033">honoring the request</a>.
“After being deported in 2013, this individual unlawfully re-entered the US &amp; committed heinous crimes,” the governor’s press office said in a post on X. “CDCR will again coordinate with ICE — as they have w/ 10,000+ inmates — to transfer him before release.”
Ortega-Anguiano will face new federal charges from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for illegally reentering the United States after having previously been deported.
“My office has filed a felony immigration charge against this defendant. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted for 8 USC 1326,” Bill Essayli, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California wrote on X. “If the State of California will not seek the full measure of justice against this individual, the [Department of Justice] will.”
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My office has filed a felony immigration charge against this defendant. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted for 8 USC 1326.
If the State of California will not seek the full measure of justice against this individual, the <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJusticeDept</a> will. <a href="https://t.co/wTuQdun1as">https://t.co/wTuQdun1as</a>
— US Attorney Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1915069030349648125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
“This is absolutely unconscionable. What about Justice for these teens? What about the rights of their parents?” Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1915040349937954960">said on X,</a> adding that the DOJ “will work with ICE to make sure this illegal alien receives full punishment for his crimes.”

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) unleashed unprecedented criminal charges against members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, invoking a law that is best known for its use against the mafia in the fight against the foreign terror organization.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Matthew Podolsky, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that it charged a total of 27 current and former Tren de Aragua members under the Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for the first time ever, marking a new development in how the federal government prosecutes the cartels.
The indictment, Bondi says, will decimate the criminal network’s infrastructure.
“As alleged, Tren de Aragua is not just a street gang – it is a highly structured terrorist organization that has destroyed American families with brutal violence, engaged in human trafficking, and spread deadly drugs through our communities,” Bondi charged. “Today’s indictments and arrests span three states and will devastate TdA’s infrastructure as we work to completely dismantle and purge this organization from our country.”
The indictment targets both current and former members of Tren de Aragua, charging them with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking conspiracy, drug trafficking conspiracy, robbery, and firearms offenses. Of the 27 individuals charged by the DOJ, 19 of them are alleged to be members of a Tren de Aragua splinter group referred to as “Anti-Tren.”
The unsealed indictment outlines a number of specific charges against the alleged current and former Tren de Aragua members, accusing them of sex trafficking, drug trafficking, carjacking, and a litany of firearms charges.
The DOJ also explained that the foreign terror organization has been particularly active in New York City, specifically in the Bronx and Queens.
“Tren de Aragua is one of the most dangerous gangs in the country, and the NYPD has taken significant action to shut down their operations in New York City,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch remarked. “For the first time ever, TdA is being named and charged as the criminal enterprise that it is. This isn’t just street crime—it’s organized racketeering, and this gang has shown zero regard for the safety of New Yorkers.”

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WASHINGTON—Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a civil lawsuit against the state of Maine on Wednesday for officials&#8217; refusal to protect girls&#8217; and women&#8217;s spaces and sports per Title IX rules.
A fiery Bondi announced the lawsuit and scolded Maine leaders, noting that the Trump administration tried its best to get Maine to comply before it filed suit.
&#8220;We have no other choice, we are taking them to court,&#8221; Bondi said.
The AG was joined at the presser by Maine state lawmaker Rep. Laurel Libby (R), female fencer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-fencer-speaks-out-after-shes-expelled-for-protesting-male-opponent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephanie Turner</a>, female rights advocate Riley Gaines, numerous female athletes from Maine, and others.
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NEW: <a href="https://twitter.com/AGPamBondi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AGPamBondi</a> announces a civil lawsuit against Maine for refusing to protect women and women’s sports and spaces. <a href="https://t.co/6q0jtXkJwO">pic.twitter.com/6q0jtXkJwO</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1912483114351317390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
A copy of the lawsuit, which was obtained by Daily Wire reporter Mary Margaret Olohan, says the United States is suing Maine over its Department of Education &#8220;openly and defiantly flouting federal anti-discrimination law by enforcing policies that require girls to compete against boys in athletic competitions designed exclusively for girls.&#8221;
The suit is seeking to get Maine to stop its noncompliance with federal law and also seeks to grant females who were passed over by males their appropriate awards.
Bondi also said the department is looking at possibly retroactively pulling funding the state of Maine received for not complying in the past.
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a case of FAFO: <a href="https://t.co/fYRF6El4Kg">pic.twitter.com/fYRF6El4Kg</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1912484747726512273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
During the presser, Bondi cited a male athlete taking first place in a state final for girls&#8217; pole vaulting, which was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boy-wins-girls-pole-vault-championship-in-maine-days-after-state-pledged-to-defy-trump-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first reported by The Daily Wire</a>. &#8220;He beat every female by a significant margin, qualifying him for regional championships. That took a spot away from a young woman,&#8221; Bondi said.
Last year, another male athlete competed in female ski and cross-country races in Maine and finished first in the women&#8217;s 5k. His time would have placed him 43rd if he were competing with fellow males, a DOJ press release said.
Gaines, who spoke at the presser, thanked President Donald Trump for protecting girls and said, &#8220;Accountability is back in the White House.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a>, speaking at DOJ, details all the ways women have been harmed by men in their spaces — and censored for speaking out.
These abuses aren’t happening in Afghanistan or the UK, she says. They’re happening in the USA.
“Accountability is back in the White House.” <a href="https://t.co/CAAlYUj4gc">pic.twitter.com/CAAlYUj4gc</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1912487694397059358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
In February, Maine’s Democratic Governor Janet Mills got into a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-spars-with-maines-dem-governor-over-men-in-womens-sports-at-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">public spat with President Trump</a> when she refused to comply with the president’s order barring males from girls’ sports, <a href="https://x.com/TheMaineWire/status/1904334942999363625" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arguing</a> that she was following state law.
Subsequently, numerous Maine officials and organizations followed Mills&#8217; lead and refused to comply with Title IX, sparking numerous investigations and rule violation findings.
Notably, it was found that the state also placed a convicted male murderer who identifies as female into a female correctional facility.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-trans-athletes-womens-sports-maine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EXCLUSIVE POLL: Maine Voters Side With Trump On Keeping Men Out Of Women’s Sports</a>

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WASHINGTON—A special administration task force formed by President Donald Trump has launched investigations into the University of Maryland and Wagner College after they failed to protect a female athlete penalized for refusing to compete against a male who identifies as a female, The Daily Wire can first report.
The Title IX Special Investigations Team — a joint Education Department and Justice Department project — launched a directed investigation Monday into the University of Maryland over allegations that it not only allowed a male athlete to compete in the women&#8217;s category of the USA Fencing Tournament, but also allowed that male athlete to use women&#8217;s-only intimate facilities. 
The Special Investigations Team is also investigating Wagner College for its own practices and polices that allegedly allowed that male to compete in female sports and to use female intimate spaces.
Both colleges received letters from the Title IX Special Investigations Team on Monday, The Daily Wire has learned.
READ THE LETTERS TO THE <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/OCR-_University_of_Maryland_Directed_Investigation_NL-PII-Redacted-1.pdf">UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND</a> AND <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/OCR-_Wagner_College_Directed_Investigation_NL-PII-Redacted.pdf">WAGNER COLLEGE</a>
Officials black-carded and booted 31-year-old Stephanie Turner from a tournament at the University of Maryland for refusing to compete against Redmond Sullivan, a male who identifies as a woman and who formerly competed against males. USA Fencing allowed Sullivan, who competes for Wagner College, to compete in the women’s tournament, the organization <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-female-fencer-booted-from-tournament-after-refusing-to-compete-against-male-opponent?topStoryPosition=undefined" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> to The Daily Wire.
&#8220;The nation watched as a female competitor bravely took a knee and forfeited an inherently unfair fencing match after discovering that her opponent was a male,&#8221; Education Department spokeswoman Julie Hartman told The Daily Wire. &#8220;No woman should have to recuse herself from a match that she trained diligently for because she fears for her safety.
&#8220;As a tournament host, University of Maryland has a responsibility to follow Title IX by not allowing males to compete in female competitions and occupy female-only intimate facilities,&#8221; Hartman said. &#8220;Similarly, Wagner College has a responsibility to not allow males on female rosters.&#8221;
The University of Maryland had a responsibility to follow Title IX by not allowing men to compete in female competitions or be in women&#8217;s spaces, the Education Department is alleging, arguing that Wagner College also had a responsibility to protect female sports from males.
&#8220;Unlike the Biden administration, which weaponized Title IX contrary to its meaning to deny female athletes their civil rights, the Trump Administration’s Department of Education and the Department of Justice’s Title IX Special Investigations Team will not allow recipients of federal funding to deny women’s equal opportunity protections under the law,&#8221; Hartman said. 
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“I want to thank God for trusting me with this mission to fight for female exclusive sports and putting me in a place to effectively protest,” Turner told The Daily Wire in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-fencer-speaks-out-after-shes-expelled-for-protesting-male-opponent">statement in early April</a>. During the competition, she took a knee and forfeited the match to her male opponent.
About a week after the incident, Wagner College <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/09/sports/transgender-fencer-at-center-of-controversy-after-female-opponent-refused-to-compete-no-longer-on-womens-team/?itm_source=parsely-api#!">confirmed to Fox News Digital</a> that the male athlete is no longer on its women&#8217;s team.
The Trump administration created the Title IX Special Investigations Team after receiving a “staggering volume” of Title IX complaints. Both the Education and Justice Departments have been vocal about Title IX situations in California, Maine, and other states.
The agencies repeatedly point to Trump&#8217;s executive orders protecting female student athletes from having “to compete with or against or having to appear unclothed before males,&#8221; as well as Trump&#8217;s order &#8220;Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism.&#8221; 
“Under the Biden administration, Title IX was weaponized contrary to its meaning to deny women their equal opportunity protections under the law,” Hartman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-forms-special-investigations-team-to-probe-men-stealing-womens-opportunities?author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Forms+%E2%80%98Special+Investigations+Team%E2%80%99+To+Probe+Men+Stealing+Women%E2%80%99s+Opportunities">told The Daily Wire earlier this month</a>. “Schools allowed male competitors to strip female athletes of their rightful accolades, threaten women’s safety, and subject them to the indignity of unfair competitions.”
“In America, this is the women’s rights issue of our time,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And the Trump administration will fight relentlessly to protect them.&#8221;

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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump&#8217;s Departments of Justice and Education have created a joint task force to protect female athletes from &#8220;the pernicious effects of gender ideology in school programs and activities.&#8221;
The move is due to &#8220;the staggering volume&#8221; of Title IX complaints, the Education Department said in a Friday press release <a href="https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-and-us-department-of-justice-announce-title-ix-special-investigations-team">announcing</a> the “Title IX Special Investigations Team.&#8221; Both the Education and Justice Departments have been vocal about Title IX situations in California and Maine, as well as other states around the country.
“Under the Biden administration, Title IX was weaponized contrary to its meaning to deny women their equal opportunity protections under the law,&#8221; Julie Hartman, an Education Department spokeswoman, told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Schools allowed male competitors to strip female athletes of their rightful accolades, threaten women’s safety, and subject them to the indignity of unfair competitions.&#8221;
Hartman explained that creating the team is &#8220;an unprecedented action&#8221; through which experienced investigators and attorneys will &#8220;thoroughly investigate violations and expeditiously enforce Title IX to restore women’s civil rights.&#8221;
&#8220;In America, this is the women’s rights issue of our time — and the Trump administration will fight relentlessly to protect them,&#8221; she said.
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday emphasized that protecting women and women&#8217;s sports was a &#8220;key priority&#8221; for the Justice Department.
“This collaborative effort with the Department of Education will enable our attorneys to take comprehensive action when women’s sports or spaces are threatened and use the full power of the law to remedy any violation of women’s civil rights,&#8221; she said.
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon echoed Bondi&#8217;s pledge.
&#8220;To all the entities that continue to allow men to compete in women’s sports and use women’s intimate facilities: there’s a new sheriff in town,&#8221; McMahon said. &#8220;We will not allow you to get away with denying women&#8217;s civil rights any longer.”
The Title IX Special Investigations Team includes the Education Office for Civil Rights investigators and attorneys, the Justice Department Civil Rights Division attorneys, Education&#8217;s Office of General Counsel attorneys, Education&#8217;s Student Privacy and Protection Office case workers, and an FSA Enforcement investigator.
The move complements President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive orders on &#8220;Keeping Men Out of Women&#8217;s Sports&#8221; and &#8220;Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism.&#8221;
&#8220;From day one, the Trump Administration has prioritized enforcing Title IX to protect female students and athletes,&#8221; McMahon said. &#8220;Traditionally, our Office for Civil Rights (OCR) takes months, even years, to complete Title IX investigations. OCR under this Administration has moved faster than it ever has, and the Title IX SIT will ensure even more rapid and consistent investigations.&#8221;

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The Justice Department on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a federal judge’s ruling ordering the agency to rehire 16,000 probationary workers fired as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the size of government. 
Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris filed an application requesting that SCOTUS place an immediate administrative stay on U.S. District Judge William Alsup’s order to reinstate certain probationary government workers. Harris argued that Aslup’s order was overly broad and an abuse of judicial authority. 
“This is no way to run a government,” Harris wrote in the brief. “This Court should stop the ongoing assault on the constitutional structure before further damage is wrought.”
Earlier this month, Alsup <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5193117-judge-trump-reinstate-fired-employees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that probationary employees let go by the Trump administration at the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior, and Treasury should be rehired after suits from a number of government unions, like the American Federation of Government Employees, and non-profits like the Coalition to Protect America&#8217;s National Parks. 
Harris argued that Alsup, a Bill Clinton appointee, had let “third parties hijack the employment relationship between the federal government and its workforce.”
Harris argued that probationary employees should follow congressional guidance and appeal to either the Office of Special Council or the Merit Systems Protection Board to challenge their termination. 
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&#8220;Declaring open season on challenges to federal personnel management is especially unsound because Congress has created an entirely different framework for resolving legal challenges to the terminations of federal employees,&#8221; Harris said. &#8220;Allowing strangers to the federal-employment relationship to head straight to district court and raise claims that the affected federal employees themselves cannot raise would upend that entire process.&#8221;
The application said that the groups challenging the order lacked standing and that the district court had no authority to adjudicate federal personnel decisions.
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&#8220;A single judge is attempting to unconstitutionally seize the power of hiring and firing from the Executive Branch,&#8221; White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href="https://x.com/HFields47/status/1900256002357989387" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> after the initial decision from Alsup. &#8220;The President has the authority to exercise the power of the entire executive branch – singular district court judges cannot abuse the power of the entire judiciary to thwart the President’s agenda. If a federal district court judge would like executive powers, they can try and run for President themselves.&#8221;
With the guidance of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort, the Trump administration has moved to cut employment throughout the federal government through terminations and instituting volunteer retirement initiatives.
The Trump administration has been challenged by various federal judges who have issued sweeping injunctions looking to block actions ranging from deportations of suspected gang members to pausing foreign aid. The Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-denies-trump-admin-request-to-halt-2-billion-in-foreign-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously rejected</a> an emergency application from the DOJ  in a 5-4 decision seeking to block a judge’s demand that the administration unfreeze billions of dollars meant for foreign aid.

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U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced on Thursday that three individuals have been charged in connection with attacks on Tesla properties across the country.
“The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended,” Bondi said in a statement. “Let this be a warning: if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars.”
The statement said that all three individuals, if convicted, face a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and could end up facing two decades behind bars.
The <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-pamela-bondi-announces-severe-charges-against-violent-tesla-arsonists">statement</a> did not identify those who were arrested but gave a brief synopsis of each case. The cases detailed in the statement appeared to match cases announced in recent days and weeks by the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office.
On the first defendant mentioned, the DOJ said:
<blockquote>One defendant, also armed with a suppressed AR-15 rifle, was arrested after throwing approximately eight Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership located in Salem, Oregon.</blockquote>
The case appears to be a reference to Adam Matthew Lansky, 41, who was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/salem-man-faces-federal-charge-illegally-possessing-molotov-cocktails">arrested</a> for allegedly &#8220;throwing Molotov cocktails at a local car dealership&#8221; and allegedly firing &#8220;multiple firearm rounds into a building and at least one vehicle,&#8221; according to the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the District of Oregon.
On the second defendant, the DOJ said:
<blockquote>Another was arrested in Loveland, Colorado after attempting to light Teslas on fire with Molotov cocktails. The defendant was later found in possession of materials used to produce additional incendiary weapons.</blockquote>
The case appears to be a match to Justin Thomas Nelson, 42, who the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/lyons-resident-charged-connection-series-incidents-loveland-tesla-dealership">says</a> was arrested on &#8220;one count of malicious destruction of property for a series of incidents at the Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado.&#8221;
On the final defendant mentioned, the DOJ said:
<blockquote>In Charleston, South Carolina, a third defendant wrote profane messages against President Trump around Tesla charging stations before lighting the charging stations on fire with Molotov cocktails.</blockquote>
The case appears to be a match for a case out of the USAO&#8217;s District of South Carolina against Daniel Clarke-Pounder, 24, who was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sc/pr/james-island-man-charged-arson-n-charleston-tesla-charging-station">arrested</a> &#8220;on criminal charges related to an arson at a North Charleston Tesla charging station.&#8221;
Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to the arrests with a <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1902808495381983455">post</a> on X that said, &#8220;The hammer of justice strikes.&#8221;

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On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice <a href="https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=u001.wmJVV7EIOKgMqWuqPA8IcXakfZGbJqyH6YrxY7zl6VQtxSgY2CGvil4c4yQrFSv-2B2C185iB3Y-2F5QpgrbYA61oh3jxHb-2FtkEi8IfdJfixNzg-3DCWgM_03HZEuPE3hkcx2fMUSyQ63zYk0dEzg0x5dq45YpE12w9VZ7X5-2BCSHojkEG5GhTxSEBpdsKU-2F3K1QrAcJyEWsgtRkDwcU40iQUik8SMvQV9G6UPoh3vgWW7vvd0gOy-2FqxxEg55K6GjyaJMwCFIB1PTF-2BmSgf3aK-2BYwd9t5CBYPYSVEBuoCLwD8l1looT4XBMAZfTVXjHxwznBv5Y8yrid4Jd2NuMW83KoOLOCm1Xm4DkIxzZZKoDVLTyJIAbMDLN7VrSZf9jDpQ0bJYqxCh-2BwdS2Er5h2wutDtiSFOdG7sJIoWJmCytsuFaB-2FoWX-2FSmYrmKjNrc3CpiAcfphB5beFy4iCm8z6NLoD9ddyF5WHL4RT6J5C9munGjaxbqYWBXgd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn%3Du001.wmJVV7EIOKgMqWuqPA8IcXakfZGbJqyH6YrxY7zl6VQtxSgY2CGvil4c4yQrFSv-2B2C185iB3Y-2F5QpgrbYA61oh3jxHb-2FtkEi8IfdJfixNzg-3DCWgM_03HZEuPE3hkcx2fMUSyQ63zYk0dEzg0x5dq45YpE12w9VZ7X5-2BCSHojkEG5GhTxSEBpdsKU-2F3K1QrAcJyEWsgtRkDwcU40iQUik8SMvQV9G6UPoh3vgWW7vvd0gOy-2FqxxEg55K6GjyaJMwCFIB1PTF-2BmSgf3aK-2BYwd9t5CBYPYSVEBuoCLwD8l1looT4XBMAZfTVXjHxwznBv5Y8yrid4Jd2NuMW83KoOLOCm1Xm4DkIxzZZKoDVLTyJIAbMDLN7VrSZf9jDpQ0bJYqxCh-2BwdS2Er5h2wutDtiSFOdG7sJIoWJmCytsuFaB-2FoWX-2FSmYrmKjNrc3CpiAcfphB5beFy4iCm8z6NLoD9ddyF5WHL4RT6J5C9munGjaxbqYWBXgd&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1742396223728000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1jcU1d9_V5j1M_-nVE4NEq">filed</a> a brief supporting Jewish students and a professor in their lawsuit against UCLA for helping anti-Semitic activist agitators block Jews from the campus.
“In <a href="https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=u001.wmJVV7EIOKgMqWuqPA8IcUmvkedBiJLqOK2A3uOlENB6xKgBHeVB-2Bi9A-2BrP0CFn7TAisU-2FJ30qxdPDqvSLhIUB9IH9j20zy9lL8YxdjIeqt2I3t0YoS-2BrPUnGo-2BdUS-2F7uMEt_03HZEuPE3hkcx2fMUSyQ63zYk0dEzg0x5dq45YpE12w9VZ7X5-2BCSHojkEG5GhTxSEBpdsKU-2F3K1QrAcJyEWsgtRkDwcU40iQUik8SMvQV9G6UPoh3vgWW7vvd0gOy-2FqxxEg55K6GjyaJMwCFIB1PTF-2BmSgf3aK-2BYwd9t5CBYPYSVEBuoCLwD8l1looT4XBMAZfTVXjHxwznBv5Y8yrid4Cy-2FPnyURB0K03D8qZmb3NPXZ9Ls1IlF5POfIkKESnbHLie615V2hmN5TdGD40EQyCJjas-2F7nN2PdcbTdbsW8GD6P5BzFjQu3xEzj-2BqndjBTOvkSuyUFA160h8TOAzqtLZju4aHQXripEvkXtzOCtqTbuuf8ak0iJgc88bZVwqhc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn%3Du001.wmJVV7EIOKgMqWuqPA8IcUmvkedBiJLqOK2A3uOlENB6xKgBHeVB-2Bi9A-2BrP0CFn7TAisU-2FJ30qxdPDqvSLhIUB9IH9j20zy9lL8YxdjIeqt2I3t0YoS-2BrPUnGo-2BdUS-2F7uMEt_03HZEuPE3hkcx2fMUSyQ63zYk0dEzg0x5dq45YpE12w9VZ7X5-2BCSHojkEG5GhTxSEBpdsKU-2F3K1QrAcJyEWsgtRkDwcU40iQUik8SMvQV9G6UPoh3vgWW7vvd0gOy-2FqxxEg55K6GjyaJMwCFIB1PTF-2BmSgf3aK-2BYwd9t5CBYPYSVEBuoCLwD8l1looT4XBMAZfTVXjHxwznBv5Y8yrid4Cy-2FPnyURB0K03D8qZmb3NPXZ9Ls1IlF5POfIkKESnbHLie615V2hmN5TdGD40EQyCJjas-2F7nN2PdcbTdbsW8GD6P5BzFjQu3xEzj-2BqndjBTOvkSuyUFA160h8TOAzqtLZju4aHQXripEvkXtzOCtqTbuuf8ak0iJgc88bZVwqhc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1742396223728000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0wJziPLmnl0BO_tB4Soe6i">Frankel v. Regents of the University of California</a>, a federal judge ordered UCLA last year to stop assisting the agitators, calling the exclusion of Jews from campus ‘abhorrent’ and ‘unimaginable,’” The Becket Fund <a href="https://becketfund.org/media/breaking-justice-department-condemns-ucla-for-jew-exclusion-in-groundbreaking-court-filing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. “The students and professor recently asked the court to make its ruling permanent so that Jews will never again face antisemitic exclusion.”
The DOJ brief states, “Even though UCLA may not dispute that the antisemitic campus environment at UCLA last year was ‘unimaginable’ and ‘abhorrent,’ the Individual Defendants moved to dismiss this action to evade liability for what happened on the campus that they are supposed to lead and protect. The United States has a significant interest in the proper application of federal laws that ensure equal access to educational opportunities and facilities.”
“The United States, therefore, has a strong interest in ensuring the proper application of Title VI, particularly when the Court has already found that in 2024 on UCLA’s campus ‘Jewish students were excluded from portions of the UCLA campus because they refused to denounce their faith,’” the brief continues. “Additionally, as described in the White House’s Executive Order on Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism, it is the policy of the United States to combat antisemitism vigorously, using all available and appropriate legal tools to prosecute.”
“UCLA helped the agitators by providing metal barriers, stationing security to shoo Jews away, and catering to the wishes of the agitators instead of ensuring safe passage for Jewish students, faculty, and staff,” Becket noted. “These actions were documented in a <a href="https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=u001.wmJVV7EIOKgMqWuqPA8IcXgIOUgk5dAHBtrCiP6Bq6PY5FpeSynPKQXka4awOsdMLtOF_03HZEuPE3hkcx2fMUSyQ63zYk0dEzg0x5dq45YpE12w9VZ7X5-2BCSHojkEG5GhTxSEBpdsKU-2F3K1QrAcJyEWsgtRkDwcU40iQUik8SMvQV9G6UPoh3vgWW7vvd0gOy-2FqxxEg55K6GjyaJMwCFIB1PTF-2BmSgf3aK-2BYwd9t5CBYPYSVEBuoCLwD8l1looT4XBMAZfTVXjHxwznBv5Y8yrid4MW6LsfxpK1BkctV40wd3KtttA1RVRzs8HGUXu8nKDMm5PBHKLRGQzULSwqXRI2w5D-2FwwFjUhPH6ToNzQCZQACxDdxYgW9yCHFhdQcjEwkepNUl9rPjEtniGVMLx1FHnuLzkrm9700pSOXJtxF8b2S02LeeSyHb5x9dNfbK6OP19" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn%3Du001.wmJVV7EIOKgMqWuqPA8IcXgIOUgk5dAHBtrCiP6Bq6PY5FpeSynPKQXka4awOsdMLtOF_03HZEuPE3hkcx2fMUSyQ63zYk0dEzg0x5dq45YpE12w9VZ7X5-2BCSHojkEG5GhTxSEBpdsKU-2F3K1QrAcJyEWsgtRkDwcU40iQUik8SMvQV9G6UPoh3vgWW7vvd0gOy-2FqxxEg55K6GjyaJMwCFIB1PTF-2BmSgf3aK-2BYwd9t5CBYPYSVEBuoCLwD8l1looT4XBMAZfTVXjHxwznBv5Y8yrid4MW6LsfxpK1BkctV40wd3KtttA1RVRzs8HGUXu8nKDMm5PBHKLRGQzULSwqXRI2w5D-2FwwFjUhPH6ToNzQCZQACxDdxYgW9yCHFhdQcjEwkepNUl9rPjEtniGVMLx1FHnuLzkrm9700pSOXJtxF8b2S02LeeSyHb5x9dNfbK6OP19&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1742396223729000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2P_D9cFNiCvDS6mu3qy5mn">report</a> filed by UCLA’s own Task Force to Combat Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias, which admitted the University had fostered an antisemitic environment.”
“Jews should never have to fear for their safety when they step foot on a college campus,” said Yitzchok Frankel, the father of four and third-year law student at UCLA who filed the initial lawsuit. “I’m grateful that the federal government has condemned UCLA for kowtowing to antisemites, and I hope this sends a clear message to other universities that think they can do the same.”
“DOJ has thrown down the gauntlet: if university administrators aid and abet mistreatment of Jews, they will pay the price,” Mark Rienzi, president of Becket, stated. “This is a wake-up call for every university that allows antisemitic hatred to fester unchecked. No Jewish student or professor should ever again face this kind of terror on their own campus.”

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A U.S. District judge appointed by former President Barack Obama ordered on Saturday that President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent order — designating violent Venezuelan prison gang members as foreign terrorists — was illegal and all planes deporting them should be stopped or returned to the United States.
Judge James Boasberg ordered placed a temporary hold — for 14 days — on Trump&#8217;s use of 1798&#8217;s Alien Enemies Act, and applied it to active deportations already in progress: &#8220;Any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States however that is accomplished. Make sure it’s complied with immediately.&#8221;
&#8220;I do not believe I can wait any longer and am required to act,&#8221; Boasberg added, noting that because the gang members in question would remain in federal custody despite the hold on their deportation. &#8220;A brief delay in their removal does not cause the government any harm.&#8221;
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Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuelan-immigrants-sue-trump-over-order-invoking-wartime-alien-enemies-act-of-1798/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded quickly</a>, issuing a statement regarding the judge&#8217;s ruling: &#8220;Tonight, a DC trial judge supported Tren de Aragua terrorists over the safety of Americans. TdA is represented by the ACLU. This order disregards well-established authority regarding President Trump&#8217;s power, and it puts the public and law enforcement at risk.&#8221;
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also issued a lengthy statement via X, defending Trump&#8217;s decision to use the Alien Enemies Act.
&#8220;President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation Invoking the Alien Enemies Act regarding the Invasion of the United States by the Foreign Terrorist Organization Tren De Aragua, using his core powers as President and Commander-in-Chief to defend the American People from an urgent threat,&#8221; she wrote.
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President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation Invoking the Alien Enemies Act regarding the Invasion of the United States by the Foreign Terrorist Organization Tren De Aragua, using his core powers as President and Commander-in-Chief to defend the American People from an urgent…
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&#8220;President Trump will always put the safety of the American People first — and he will never allow foreign terrorist enemies to operate on American soil and endanger our people. They will be found, restrained and removed — and their networks will be destroyed,&#8221; Leavitt concluded.
The Federalist&#8217;s Mollie Hemingway also called out Boasberg&#8217;s ruling directly, saying, &#8220;Would not have predicted it was Judge James Boasberg who would be throwing the country into a crisis like this. We need Article III courts to retain their legitimacy and Boasberg&#8217;s reckless order threatens that. Wiser minds must take action, and quickly.&#8221;
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Would not have predicted it was Judge James Boasberg who would be throwing the country into a crisis like this. We need Article III courts to retain their legitimacy and Boasberg&#39;s reckless order threatens that. Wiser minds must take action, and quickly. <a href="https://t.co/yNtyc1U5ZT">https://t.co/yNtyc1U5ZT</a>
&mdash; Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1901091926549418390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, but this absolutely lawless order to TURN AROUND PLANES OF TERRORISTS is so insane that I&#8217;m having trouble comprehending what Boasberg is possibly thinking. Trump can not possibly agree to this,&#8221; she added.
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I&#39;m sorry, but this absolutely lawless order to TURN AROUND PLANES OF TERRORISTS is so insane that I&#39;m having trouble comprehending what Boasberg is possibly thinking. Trump can not possibly agree to this.
&mdash; Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1901108010191028343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday condemned the weaponization of justice that took place during his predecessor&#8217;s administration, promising transparency about the &#8220;lies and abuses&#8221; that have taken place at the Justice Department, and vowing to protect the American people from these abuses ever happening again.
The president spoke on Friday afternoon at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., where he promised that the DOJ and the FBI will become the premier agencies fighting crime on &#8220;the face of the earth.&#8221;
&#8220;But first, we must be honest about the lies and abuses that have occurred within these walls,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;Unfortunately, in recent years, a corrupt group of hacks and radicals within the ranks of the American government obliterated the trust and goodwill built up over generations. They weaponized the vast powers of our intelligence and law enforcement agencies to try and thwart the will of the American people.&#8221;
&#8220;You remember the 51 intelligence agents that said, as an example, that Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop from hell came from Russia, when they knew that it came right from his bedroom,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;They knew that.&#8221;
It was a &#8220;big lie,&#8221; Trump argued — and &#8220;they knew it so well.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_891981" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-first-remarks-at-doj-president-trump-vows-past-days-of-weaponization-are-over/us-politics-trump-160" rel="attachment wp-att-891981"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-891981" class="wp-image-891981 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2204541562-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2204541562-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2204541562-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2204541562-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2204541562-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2204541562-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2204541562-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/03/GettyImages-2204541562-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>US President Donald Trump and US Attorney General Pam Bondi (L) arrive to speak at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on March 14, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)</div>
&#8220;They spied on my campaign, launched one hoax and disinformation after another, broke the law on a colossal scale, persecuted my family, staff, and supporters, raided my home in Mar-a-Lago, and did everything in their power to prevent me from becoming President of the United States,&#8221; he told the assembled DOJ guests.
Trump vowed to restore the scales of justice within the United States and to ensure that such abuses never occur again. He said that the American people want a proper investigation into what went on throughout the Biden administration, &#8220;the corruption of our system,&#8221; and he assured the public that this is exactly what his newly appointed leaders of the FBI and DOJ will do.
&#8220;We will expel the rogue actors and corrupt forces from our government,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We will expose and very much expose their egregious crimes in severe misconduct. &#8230; It&#8217;s gonna be legendary.&#8221;
&#8220;For generations,&#8221; the president said, &#8220;the federal Department of Justice was one of America&#8217;s most revered institutions. &#8230; This department commanded the respect and admiration of the entire world. With Pam [Bondi] and Kash [Patel] leading the way, it will soon be the most admired and most respected of all.&#8221;
The president specifically mentioned the parents at school board meetings, pro-life activists, and traditional Catholics targeted by the DOJ. He slammed the lawyers and activists who attempt to intimidate Supreme Court justices or judges into ruling the way they wish, and the media outlets who echo the claims of these smear campaigns. He introduced an &#8220;angel mom,&#8221; a mother whose son lost his life as a 15-year-old high school freshman when he took a pill laced with fentanyl.
He criticized former President Joe Biden for getting the United States into &#8220;a mess&#8221; with Russia and Ukraine, teasing that he got some &#8220;really good news&#8221; right before he came to the DOJ related to that conflict. He pointed to the botched Afghanistan withdrawal under Biden, arguing that the Biden administration was too focused on targeting Republicans to tend to the weighty global issues at hand.
<div dir="auto">&#8220;I have no higher mission as president of the United States,&#8221; he said, than to make &#8220;America safe again.&#8221;</div>
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